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At least a naive strategy

The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia was approved in referendum by the Catalan citizens on 18th June 2006 and substitutes the Statute of Sau, dated from 1979. Since then, we have been waiting for the resolution of the Spanish [...]

Reagrupament suffers its first crisis even before starting

Even before his constitution as a formal political party, Reagrupament has suffered its first crisis. His leader, Joan Carretero, together with twelve members, have left the board of directors, leaving only four members on it. Allegedly, the reasons behind this surprising breakdown are due to discrepancies on how to elect the list of [...]

Joan Carretero’s way

Last Thursday the two ERC’s candidates for the forthcoming Catalan elections, Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira and Joan Puigcercós, publicly buried the hatched. The first finally decided to gave in and accept Joan Puigcercós as the next candidate. This seemed to end what could have become a major clash within the pro-independence party, but only two [...]

ERC, Aralar and BNG join efforts for Europe

The coalitions of parties for the forthcoming European Elections are finally taking shape. This week, the left-wing Galician nationalist group BNG has decided to join the coalition formed by ERC and Aralar, thus, conforming a consistent ideological coalition because it represents the main left-wing pro-independence parties from Galicia, the Basque Country and the [...]

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